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Surname distribution map
According to Forebears, the Faulkner name is the 6,120th most popular name in the world, and Faulkners can be found in numerous countries around the world with the most located in the United States and the United Kingdom.
United States
Faulkner in the U S Census lists, 1790-1850
1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850
A search of U.S. census records (Faulkner: exact, sounds like, similar & Soundex), returned the following Faulkner households over the years 1790-1850.
1790: 72 households in 9 states. Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina
1800: 76 households in 9 states and 1 territory. Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Territory Northwest of the River Ohio
1810: 127 households in 13 states. Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia
1820: 213 households in 20 states. Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia
1830: 334 households in 23 states. Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia.
1840: 468 households in 26 states, 2 territories, and the District of Columbia.Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin Territory.
1850: With the switch in 1850 from enumerating as households to individuals, a search (Faulkner: exact, sounds like, similar & Soundex), returned 3,735 individuals with the surname Faulkner in 33 states, 2 territories, and the District of Columbia. The list has been divided into seven regions:
- New England, 337 individuals: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
- Mid-Atlantic, 605 individuals: New York, New Jersey
- Mideast, 338 individuals: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
- Southeast, 968 individuals: Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
- South, 436 individuals: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi
- Great Lakes, 828 individuals: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
- Central and West, 223 indviduals: Arkansas, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota Territory, Missouri, Oregon Territory, Texas
Faulkner in the U S Census lists, 1790-1850
1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850
Citing this page: Kimberli Faulkner Hull, author and compiler, “Faulkner Places” Cool Adventures ( https://cooladventures.com/genealogy/faulkner-places/ : posted 2022).